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Here Is A Horse Running Free On The Streets Of Chicago
Here we observe a horse running freely on Wells Street, as captured by a cyclist who was recording her ride with a helmet mounted camera for some reason. Occasionally people ask why I live in Chicago rather than in New York and, well, here you go....
We Have Found The Worst Thing On The Internet
Some guy kept pestering us to post this, presumably in hopes that it would go "viral." Well, it certainly deserves to. Help this guy out, Internet....
Deadspin Up All Night: Where Have You Been?
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Either Chael Sonnen Is The Toughest Man Alive, Or TSN Is Full Of Shit
TSN Off The Record host Michael Landsberg appears to have just broken one of the great sports stories of the year, a stirring tale of the triumph of the human spirit that doubles as a horrifying scandal, unless he didn't. It was definitely one or the other. Probably....
Deadspin Up All Night: Until The Thrill Is Gone
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Deadspin Up All Night: We Thought Disco Was Fucking Dead
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No One Anywhere Is Haunted By Richie Sexson
Having purchased a Hall of Fame ballot, which we'll be filling out in accordance with the wishes of our readers, we're examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series ca...
Who Should Be In The Baseball Hall Of Fame? Vote Now!
Here it is—your chance to vote in the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame elections!...
Deadspin Up All Night: Chicago
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Deadspin Announces Process By Which Readers Will Vote For Hall Of Fame
When we announced that we had illicitly purchased a Hall of Fame vote from a veteran member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, we made clear that our intention was to turn the ballot over to the public. Starting tomorrow, we'll make good on that promise, but we wanted first to lay out ...
The Pundits Weigh In On Our Purchase Of A Hall Of Fame Vote
When we announced last week that we had purchased a Hall of Fame vote, making a mockery and farce of the process by which veteran baseball writers anoint the elect among retired ballplayers and usher them into the sacred temple at Cooperstown, we had one question: Will the takes be strong? Happily, ...
Deadspin Buys Hall Of Fame Vote, Will Turn It Over To Deadspin Readers
Recently, as you may recall, we announced our plan to subvert the annual elections for baseball's Hall of Fame by buying votes from voters. Our idea was to make a mockery and farce of the increasingly solemn and absurd election process, and to take some power from the duly appointed custodians of th...
<em>Sports Illustrated</em> Goes Long On The Quarterback Who Couldn't
A 15,000-word piece about Tim Tebow is such a self-evidently bad idea that you would assume, not having read it, that this Sports Illustrated #longform offers something special to justify its claims on the time and attention of readers: fresh reporting, uniquely elegant writing, original ideas....
Deadspin Up All Night: Let The Products Sell Themselves
Thank your for your continued support of Deadspin. Psychological methods to sell should be destroyed....
The Comedian Who Was Cut Down By The Same Bullet That Killed Kennedy
As you know, today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK, and as you know, there's very little to say about the assassination, its effects on history, and so on that hasn't already been said. One story you probably don't know, though, is the one about how JFK's death destroyed a famous...
Deadspin Up All Night: Pretending That The Wars Are Done
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Bleacher Report Has A New Book Out On How To Write Like a B/R Writer
While the lackeys and wreckers have taken up the cudgels against the new spirit of the masses, the Bleacher Report Quality Control Team—the revolutionary vanguard of sports journalism—has triumphed again, with the publication of a new book that will give you, the oppressed sports fan, the tools of y...
The End Of Georges St-Pierre
A few thoughts, in no particular order, on the Georges St-Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks welterweight title bout from Saturday:...
How Branch Rickey Invented Modern Baseball
Excerpted from Dollar Sign on the Muscle, named by Sports Illustrated one of the top 100 sports books of all time; postscript by Sam Miller. You can read more about the new Baseball Prospectus edition of the book here, or buy it in paperback or as an e-book....
Are You A Hall Of Fame Voter? We'd Like To Buy Your Vote
It's Hall of Fame season and there's no joy in it, because instead of discussing what matters—Edgar Martinez's elegant swing, Tim Raines careening around third, Mike Mussina flicking a knuckle curve at the edge of the plate—baseball fans will be discussing the voters, who are mainly sour, nasty old ...